Chemelil is a town in
Kisumu County
Kisumu County is one of 47 counties in the Republic of Kenya. Its borders follow those of the original Kisumu District, one of the former administrative districts of the former Nyanza Province in western Kenya. Its headquarters is Kisumu Cit ...
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. It is part of
Muhoroni
Muhoroni is a town in Kisumu County, Kenya. Muhoroni hosts a town council. It has an urban population of 13,664 and a total population of 31,148 (1999 censu. Muhoroni has a railway station along the Kenya Railways Corporation, Nairobi-Kisumu Ra ...
District. Chemelil has a railway station along the
Nairobi-Kisumu Railway between the stations of
Kibigori and Muhoroni. The town is located 40 kilometres east of
Kisumu
Kisumu ( ) is the third-largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa (census 2019). It is the third-largest city after Kampala and Mwanza in the Lake Victoria Basin.
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, the county capital. Muhoroni, another town, is located 10 kilometres east of Chemelil.
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Chemelil is home to ''Chemelil Sugar Company''. The latter also owns
Chemelil Sugar FC
Chemelil Sugar Football Club, or simply Chemelil Sugar FC, was a Kenyan football club based in Chemelil. They were playing in the top division in Kenyan football from 1997 to 2020 when the team got disbanded. Their home stadium was Chemelil Sport ...
, a football club playing in the
Kenyan Premier League
The Kenyan Premier League (KPL), officially known as the FKF Premier League and as the BetKing Premier League (BPL) for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs in Kenya. Standing at the top of the Kenyan ...
. Its home ground is
Chemelil Sports Complex.
The educational facilities in Chemelil include Chemelil Academy, Chemelil Factory Primary School, and Chemelil Sugar Primary School. Chemelil is a home for many since many settlers land there for work.
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Kisumu County
Populated places in Nyanza Province